A concise version of SAMPA for English sounds
See a more complete SAMPA chart of sounds found in most of European languages.
| SAMPA: English
Consonants
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| SAMPA |
Examples |
| p | English
pen |
| b | English
but |
| t | English
two |
| d | English
do |
| tS | English
chair, picture |
| dZ | English
gin, joy |
| k | English
cat, kill,
queen |
| g | English
go, get |
| f | English
fool, enough |
| v | English
voice |
| T | English
thing |
| D | English
this |
| s | English
see, pass,
city |
| z | English
zoo, roses |
| S | English
she, sure,
emotion |
| Z | English
pleasure |
| h | English
ham |
| m | English
man |
| n | English
no |
| J | US English
canyon |
| N | English
singer, ring |
| l | English
left |
| 5 | English
milk (dark l) |
| r
| English run,
very |
| 4 | US English
better |
| w | English
we |
| j | English
yes |
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| SAMPA: English
Vowels
|
| SAMPA | Examples |
| RP | US | |
| a: | A | father |
| i: | i: | see |
| I | I | city |
| E | E | bed |
| 3: | 3` | bird |
| { | { | bad, cat |
| A: | Ar | arm |
| V | V | run,
enough |
| Q | A | not,
cough |
| O: | O: | law,
caught |
| U | U | put |
| u: | u: | soon, through |
| @ | @ | about,
winner |
| SAMPA: English
diphthongs
|
| SAMPA | Examples |
| RP | US | |
| eI | eI | day |
| aI | aI | my |
| OI | OI | boy |
| @U | o(U) | no |
| aU | aU | now |
| I@ | ir | near,
here |
| E@ | er | hair,
there |
| U@ | Ur | poor |
| O@ | Or | more |
| ju: | ju: | pupil |
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